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CHICAGO – One of the open secrets of Chicago is its horrible racist past, which remains like an echo. Playwright Joshua Allen has been exploring this theme in his Grand Boulevard Trilogy – the last chapter talking place during the infamous 1919 race riots – in Raven Theatre’s “The Prodigal Daughter.” For tickets and info, click TPD.
Film News: Asian Pop-Up Cinema Presents ‘I Am a Monk’ in Chicago on May 4, 2016
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 3, 2016 - 2:31pm
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’I Am a Monk,’ Directed by Yukinori Makabe
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“I Am a Monk,” part of a the Asian Pop-Up Cinema series, will screen on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016, at 7:30pm, at the AMC River East 21, 322 East Illinois Street in Chicago. Director Yukinori Makabe will make an appearance at the screening. For more information, including the additional Sunday, May 8th screening at the Wilmette Theatre, click here.
© 2016 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – The Asian Pop-Up Cinema Series, spotlighting a variety of diverse Asian films, continues its 2016 season with the film, “I Am a Monk,” directed by Yukinori Makabe. Makabe-san will make an appearance at the screening, beginning at 7:30pm on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016, at the AMC River East Theater in Chicago.
’I Am a Monk,’ Directed by Yukinori Makabe
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“I Am a Monk” (Buku wa Bosan) is an incredibly beautiful and spiritually moving film, based on a “true account.” It involves a newly minted monk named Susumu (Atsushi Ito) who is thrust into the leadership role at a prominent Japanese Buddhist temple, when his beloved grandfather – the longtime Abbot of the temple – passes away. Susumu struggles with his new role, until he finds his footing through old friends, the counsel of an elder and his own connective instincts. The film is a meditation on spirituality in the face of the difficulties of life, and features philosophies that bring comfort and joy. This is director Yukinori Makabe’s first feature film, and it has echoes of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
The Asian Pop-Up Cinema series is a revolving showcase of diverse Asian films, highlighting Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and Korean offerings with English subtitles. Screenings occur at the AMC River East 21 in downtown Chicago and at the Wilmette Theater in Wilmette, Illinois. For full schedule of the 2016 season, click here.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
